BMX rider killed at extreme sports festival in Latvia

One of Latvia's most promising
young ''freestyle'' BMX riders was killed at the ''Ghetto Games'' extreme
sports festival in Ventspils on Friday, LETA
was informed by one of the organizers of the event Sanda Bruna.

17-year-old Arturs Grikis was seriously injured on Friday when performing a
trick on his BMX bicycle.

He was taken to hospital, but died
later from his injuries, according to information obtained by LETA.

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